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universities represented by the association and tlie intiiiencc of these 

 institutions upon the development of tecluiical and industrial educa- 

 tion. It was an ekxiuent and scholarly review of the conditions in 

 p]n^-lish and American liistory whicli have led up to the newer educa- 

 tion, the inlluences which have had to l)e met and overcome in its 

 development, and the rec6t>iiition which technical education is now 

 receiving, due in no small degree to the influence of the land-grant 

 colleges of this country. A high tribute was paid to the great work 

 of these institutions, which the speaker declared ha\'e given a new 

 conception of maiuial training and set the pace for scientific stud\' 

 and experimentation in America. The a^jpiication of their work he 

 pronounced far in excess of the original conception, and their experi- 

 ence and the methods which they have worked out have served as an 

 example to other counti'ies. The speaker pictured the future of this 

 country and the future development and position of the land-grant 

 colleges, whicli he thought would occupy an increasingly' prominent 

 and important part in promoting industrial development and in con- 

 tributing to the advancement of both general and applied science. 



Pursuant to a resolution adopted by the association last year, pro- 

 vision was made for memorial addresses on the late President AV. L. 

 Broun, of Alabama, and the late President W. M. Beardshear, of 

 Iowa. An address on the public life and services of Doctor Broim 

 was delivered b}- President P. II. Mell, of South Carolina. Doctor 

 Gunsaulus, of Chicago, who was to have delivered the address on 

 President Beardshear, was prevented from l)eing present, but he was 

 requested to furnish the manuscript of his address for publication. 



One of the most important items of business was the consideration 

 of the amendments to the constitution proposed at the Atlanta meet- 

 ing. These amendments had been l)efore the association for a year, 

 and were adopted with practically no discussion. The}' provide foi* a 

 reduction in the number of sections to two, one on college work and 

 administration and the other on experiment station work, three mem- 

 bers ()i the executive connnittee to be chosen by the first section and 

 two by the latter. No action on public and administrative questions 

 is to be final without the assent of the college section. There is pro- 

 vision for each section to create such divisions as it ma}' find desirable, 

 l)ut no such divisions have yet ))een made, and the report of the com- 

 mittee on the oi-ganization of the new section for station work recom- 

 mended that for the })resent no such divisions be made. The section 

 on horticulture and botany, however, expressed a desire to continue 

 its meetings in the future, and appointed a committee to confer with 

 the executive connnittee with i-eference to this matter. 



A standing connnittee on programme was provided for by each of 

 the new sections to which subjects for discussion may be suggested. 



The executive connnittee, in its report, read l)y II. C. White, chair- 



